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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 954/77 of 4 May 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 349/73 on the sale at reduced prices of interven­ tion butter for direct consumption as concentrated butter

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 2. During the melting of the butter there shall COMMUNITIES, be incorporated per 100 kg of butter used :

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European — 2 kg of Ci6 and/or Cis fatty acid monoglyce­ Economic Community, rides of a degree of purity of at least 90 % calculated in monoglycerides on the product Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ready for incorporation , or 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (J ), as last — 1 kg of pelargonic acid (triglycerides of n — amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in nonanoic acid) of a degree of purity of at least particular Article 6 (7) thereof, 95 % calculated in triglycerides on the product ready for incorporation, or Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No — if the concentrated butter contains at least 985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for 99 % butyric fats : intervention on the market in butter and cream (3 ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and in particular Article 7a therepf, (aa) 15 g of stigmasterol (C29H48O = A-5-22­ stigmastene-3-beta-ol) of a degree of "Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 349 /73 of purity of at least 95 % calculated on the 31 January 1973 on the sale at reduced prices of inter­ product ready for incorporation , or vention butter for direct consumption as concentrated butter (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No (bb) 17 g of stigmasterol (C29H48O = A-5-22­ 2575/76 (6), lays down that indicators shall be incorpor­ stigmastene-3-beta-ol) of a degree of ated in the butter sold, in order that a check may be purity of at least 85 % calculated on the kept on its use ; product ready for incorporation, with a maximum of 7-5 % of brassicasterol (C28H46O = A-5\22-ergostene-3-beta-ol) Whereas it should be made as easy as possible for and with a maximum of 4 % sitosterol processors to purchase the products as defined in (C29H50O = A-5-stigmastene-3-beta-ol). Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 349/73 ; whereas, having regard to technical developments, an addition must therefore be made to the said provisions as regards the use of stigmasterol ; The competent agency shall ensure that the provi­ sions as to the quality and characteristics, in parti­ cular the degree of purity, of the products to be Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation incorporated into the melted butter have been are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ complied with .' ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2

Article 1 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of In Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 349 /73 , para­ the European Communities. graph 2 is hereby amended to read as follows :

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 . On application from those concerned , obligations (2) OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 . entered into before this date in accordance with Arti­ (3) OJ No L 169, 18 . 7. 1968 , p. 1 . cles 2 and 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 349 /73 shall be («) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 15 . (5 ) OJ No L 40 , 13 . 2. 1973, p . 1 . adapted to take account of Article 1 of the present (o) OJ No L 293 , 23 . 10 . 1976, p. 23 . Regulation .

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels , 4 May 1977 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President